JBL Charge 3 Change Name, How to Rename It

When you scan for in-range Bluetooth speakers on a phone, desktop computer, or tablet, your JBL Charge 3 speaker shows up as “JBL Charge 3” by default. That is, its default Bluetooth name is, “JBL Charge 3”. But you can change this name using the JBL Connect+ app along with an iOS or Android based mobile device. In the post, we outline the JBL Charge 3 change name routine, step by step. Here’s how to do it.

3. Find the Settings App

4. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

The mobile device then displays the first page of its settings.

5. Go to Bluetooth Settings

Our Bluetooth settings screen displays as follows on our iPad Air tablet. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since we turned off our JBL Charge 3 speaker, it shows as not connected. See this as shown in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices, shown next.

7. Tap the Forget This Device Option

8. Tap the Red OK Button

Tapping OK removes the JBL Charge 3 data from the mobile device. This stops that device from looking for the speaker with that name, the next time you turn its Bluetooth on.

At any rate, after you hit OK, the Forget JBL Charge 3 window closes, and the system takes you back to the previously paired Bluetooth devices list. That screen looks similar to the following screenshot. Note that the JBL Charge 3 entry no longer appears in the Bluetooth devices list.

But since it now has a new Bluetooth name that presumably no other nearby Bluetooth devices are aware of, it will not pair with anything. The light that comes on in the power switch denotes this not-paired state by glowing solid white, as shown next.

10. Put your JBL Bluetooth Speaker into Discovery Mode

Now, to see your newly named Charge 3 speaker on your mobile device, place the speaker into Bluetooth discovery mode. Do this by pressing and releasing the Bluetooth button, as shown in the next picture. The bright green arrow there points at the Bluetooth pairing button.

When you press the Bluetooth Discovery Mode button, the speaker makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound several times. Also, the power button changes from a solid white glow to flashing blue. See this next.